This state of things would have ended in some great convulsion, if the King of Scotland had not been also King of a much greater and more opulent kingdom.

Charles the First had never found any parliament at Westminster more unmanageable than William, during this session, found the parliament at Edinburgh.

But it was not in the power of the parliament at Edinburgh to put on William such a pressure as the parliament at Westminster had put on Charles.

A refusal of supplies at Westminster was a serious thing, and left the Sovereign no choice except to yield, or to raise money by unconstitutional means, But a refusal of supplies at Edinburgh reduced him to no such dilemma.

The largest sum that he could hope to receive from Scotland in a year was less than what he received from England every fortnight.